The Egyptian National Media Authority:
British scientists warned that using a mobile phone for only 30 minutes a week could . “increase the risk of high blood pressure”, and experts called for the need to reduce calls”. “to a minimum to keep blood pressure low and our hearts healthy”.
Research indicates that talking on a mobile phone for just half an hour per week .
is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure.
The scientists said that regular callers, who spend an hour on the phone per day, are most likely to develop this condition.
A team from Southern Medical University in China investigated whether there was a link.
between making and receiving phone calls and a new diagnosis of high blood pressure.
The scientists analyzed data from more than 200,000 adults in the UK and collected information.
about their use of mobile phones through a questionnaire.
The questions included the number of years they spent using a mobile phone and the number of hours per week they spent using it.
Over 12 years of follow-up, they found that people who talked on their cell phones for 30 minutes or.
more per week had a 12 percent greater chance of developing high blood pressure than those .
who spent less time on phone calls, which is the equivalent of staying on the phone for four days.
Only 17 minutes and 17 seconds per day.
“This raises questions about the safety of using a mobile phone to make or receive calls, especially for heavy users,” the team said in the European Heart Journal – Digital Health.
More than a quarter of adults in the UK suffer from high blood pressure.